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Collins Aerospace to Provide FAA with Cost-Effective, Highly Realistic Training Device for Scientific Research on Pilot Use of Head-Up Display Systems

by Artem Alekseenko

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered a Head-Up Display (HUD) Virtual-Reality (VR) training device from Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., to be used in scientific research in areas such …

Tags:Head Up Displays HUDs| Simulation| Virtual Reality

XR for Training and Education (Part 1)

by Len Scrogan

This is the story of real-life companies and how they are wrestling with using VR as an educational tool. Last week I attended a webinar that featured a fabulous glimpse into the flourishing VR …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Education| Virtual Reality

The Move to Mixed Mobile Reality

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, in the latest worldwide VR – AR (virtual reality – augmented reality) market forecast, spending is reckoned to increase 78.5% next year, reaching $18.8 billion in 2020, over the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Market Data| Mixed Reality| Oculus VR| Virtual Reality

A Reality Check for 2020: VR in Education

by Len Scrogan

For the last three years in my undergraduate classes at the University of Colorado-Denver, I have surveyed each incoming cohort (2-3 classes per year) about their use of and experience with virtual reality. What …

Tags:Education| Virtual Reality

Varjo Announces First-Ever Mixed Reality Dimensional Interface for Professional Immersive Computing

by Artem Alekseenko

Varjo™ (Shadow in Finnish) Technologies, the leader in enterprise-grade VR/XR headsets, announced it has developed an innovative new 2D/3D immersive user interface. Code-named ‘Varjo Workspace’, the company’s new Dimensional Interface introduces a new paradigm …

Tags:Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

Varjo Impresses with Mixed Reality

by Bob Raikes

I have reported several times on Finnish XR start-up Varjo, since I first recognised the potential of their concept of ‘foveated resolution’. I reported most recently a few weeks ago from AWE Europe in …

XR in Europe

by Norbert Hildebrand

In case you wonder, XR is a term for X {A,V,M, or any other reality you can think of} Reality. In other words we look at the AR / VR market in Europe. First …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mixed Reality| Training| Virtual Reality

The Effects of Latency in Head Mounted Displays

by Arthur Berman

The topic of this Display Daily article derives from recent publication reporting an investigation conducted by a team led by Michael L. Wilson of the U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Lab (Fort Rucker, AL). The …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality

Varjo’s XR-1 Developer Edition Now Available and Shipping

by Artem Alekseenko

Varjo™ (Shadow in Finnish) Technologies, the leader in industrial-grade VR/XR headsets, announced general availability for its XR-1 Developer Edition headset from I/ITSEC 2019. The photorealistic mixed reality developer device delivers unmatched visual fidelity, ultra-low …

Tags:Virtual Reality

VR Missing Out on Black Friday Again?

by Norbert Hildebrand

If you are located anywhere in the world outside the USA, you may have heard of the Thanksgiving holiday, which is celebrated in many other countries in similar ways, just on different days. In …

To Be or Not to Be: That is the VR Question

by Len Scrogan

Whenever I talk to innovative educators about VR, the excitement and buzz are deliciously palpable. That’s not the usually the case for school leaders, however. Nor is it true for educators of the slow-to-adopt-new-things …

Tags:Education| Virtual Reality

Augmented/Virtual Reality in Healthcare, a Success Story?

by Norbert Hildebrand

When we talk about augmented and virtual reality applications we always agree that healthcare is one of the segments where the AR / VR advantages are beyond any discussion of cost effectiveness. From medical …

Tags:Augmented Reality| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Medical| Virtual Reality